Report reaching The News Chronicle indicates that The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 2 Command comprising Lagos and Ogun States, AIG Ari Muhammed Ali, has ordered the dismissal of two personal of the force over offences of armed robbery, official corruption and illegal duty.
A statement by the Zone 2 PRO of the force SP. Umma Tunni Ayuba revealed names of the erring police officers as Inspector Sunday Adetoye and Inspector Ogunleye Stephen attached to the Zonal Command Headquarters Onikan, Lagos state.
The statement noted that on November 23, 2023, at about 2200hrs, the affected police officers went in the company of three others; two members of Vigilante Group, one Semiu Afisu’M’, Abidoye Femi ‘M’, and Charles John ‘M’ (the driver), to the residence of one Taiwo Monsuru, ‘M’, and Akintola Sunday, ‘M’, at Obada-Oko in Ogun State.
It further disclosed that the affected officers were armed with 2 SMG rifles and live ammunition while conducting a search without a warrant where they made away with 5 iPhones, 1 Samsung smartphone, 1 Tecno smartphone, and 2 laptop computers.
The statement reads in parts; ‘’Police officers attached to Ifo Division mounted a roadblock after other residents of the apartment informed them of the incident with the description of the vehicle, which led to the apprehension of the occupants of the vehicle without ASP Ajayi Victor ‘m’ who led the illegal operation and is currently at large.”
It was also reported that the AIG Ari Muhammed Ali directed that the dismissed officers be charged to court alongside the civilians involved.
While urging all officers and men of the force to remain professional in the discharge of their duties in accordance with the law, Ali equally warned that anyone found wanting will face the full wrath of the law.
